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The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
S07E01 · The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

Sep 09, 1990

Burton introduces the episode by talking about cavern and cave exploring. The featured book, "The Magic School Bus Inside The Earth", is narrated by Keshia Knight Pulliam. Eccentric Ms. Frizzle takes her students on a science field trip to the center of the earth while teaching them about geology. Burton then visits California Caverns, where he learns about stalagmites, stalactites, and other crystal formations and goes spelunking with a cave expert.

Jack, the Seal and the Sea
S07E02 · Jack, the Seal and the Sea

Sep 10, 1990

LeVar takes a journey aboard a fishing boat to explore small ocean wildlife, such as plankton, sea horses, and small sharks as he learns information from oceanographers about caring for the seas and oceans. Leslie Uggams reads the featured story of a fisherman who decides to educate his neighbors about prevention of water pollution after he must rescue a small seal trapped in debris.

The Bicycle Man
S07E03 · The Bicycle Man

Sep 11, 1990

Wheels are set in motion for this program. In-line skating, then a brand-new commodity, get featured side-by-side with bicycles. Tom Matsusaka narrates The Bicycle Man, a story about an American soldier who visits Japan and performs amazing tricks on a bicycle.

Florence and Eric Take the Cake
S07E04 · Florence and Eric Take the Cake

Sep 12, 1990

LeVar visits a famed wax sculpture museum, the Movieland Wax Museum, where an expert wax artist makes a statue of him. Julia Child reads "Florence and Eric Take the Cake'", the story of two lamb children helping their sheep grandmother plan a knitting circle meeting, and how they accidentally mistaken a fancy decorated hat for a cake decorated in the exact same way.

Sunken Treasure
S07E05 · Sunken Treasure

Sep 13, 1990

LeVar has a suspicious-looking treasure map, which he uses to help track down something of immense value to who knows? Robert Morse reads Sunken Treasure, about the search for the sunken Spanish merchant ship The Atochia, and how it was recovered centuries after it sunk. In another featured story, news footage of the raising of the Titanic is shown.

Alistair's Time Machine
S07E06 · Alistair's Time Machine

Sep 15, 1991

LeVar goes to a totally-fictitious spot to find inventors from all eras. True to form, these inventors come from the distant past, Reading Rainbow's near-present, and the future. Arnold Stang narrates Alistair's Time Machine, the story of a boy who invents a machine that takes him centuries back in time.

The Adventures of Taxi Dog
S07E07 · The Adventures of Taxi Dog

Sep 16, 1991

LeVar is a taxi driver in New York for a day, but the focus of this show soon lands on the subject of a service dog as well as how dogs are such good pets to us. Vincent Gardenia reads the story of an adopted stray dog who helps his new owner, a cab driver, get better tips when he entertains the customers on rides.

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
S07E08 · The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush

Sep 17, 1991

LeVar's featured story is about a young Native American tribesman who finds his spiritual calling in life as a natural painter. His assignment is a special task that will influence him and his work have its memory last forever.

Galimoto
S07E09 · Galimoto

Sep 18, 1991

Viewers learn the many uses for wire: from creating objects of wire art and transporting people on the longest tramway in the world, to playing an integral part in a circus act.

Fox on the Job
S07E10 · Fox on the Job

Sep 19, 1991

There's a wide job market out there, but just what kind of job does a person want? In this program are both conventional and unconventional occupations to straddle the flow of the feature book.

About

Reading Rainbow Season 8 (1990) is released on Sep 09, 1990 and the latest season 15 of Reading Rainbow is released in 2000. Watch Reading Rainbow online - the English Family TV series from United States. Reading Rainbow is directed by Larry Lancit,Mark Mannucci,Hugh Martin,Mitch Geller and created by Ellen Schecter with LeVar Burton and Jennifer Betit Yen. Reading Rainbow is available online on PBS Kids Amazon Channel and Amazon Video.

LeVar Burton introduces an appropriate subject for each episode to go with the featured children's book that is read in its entirety. This is followed by suggestions of other books for further reading.

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United States

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English

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WNED-TV Buffalo, Lancit Media Entertainment

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